October 16, 2015

Every day on the world’s roads more than 500 children are killed and thousands more are injured. With over 90,000 trucks on these roads, safety is of the utmost importance to FedEx. Over the last 16 years, more than 16,000 FedEx volunteers have teamed up with Safe Kids Worldwide in ten countries to share road

February 25, 2015

When the light turned green, the eight-year-old stepped off the curb to cross a street in New York City. Immediately, a stranger behind him grabbed the kid by his coat and yanked him back up onto the curb. At that moment, a utility truck careened around the corner paying no heed to the child pedestrian’s

February 23, 2015

This is the last in a series of posts from the leaders of Safe Kids Worldwide affiliates around the world. After hearing from representatives of many Safe Kids affiliates outside the U.S., this final post is from Priti Gautam, the Safe Kids Worldwide Program Manager who works out of their headquarters’ location in Washington, D.C.

December 30, 2014

This is a guest blog post by Kronwika Buntanon, program coordinator for the Child Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center (CSIP). CSIP is the Safe Kids Worldwide affiliate in Bangkok, Thailand. When FedEx began working with Safe Kids in Thailand in January, 2011, to launch the Walk This Way program, it was the beginning of a powerful movement.

November 5, 2014

This is the eighth post in a series of 10 guest blog post from the leaders of Safe Kids Worldwide affiliates that FedEx works with around the world in support of child pedestrian road safety initiatives. With tens of thousands of vehicles on the world’s roadways, FedEx is actively engaged in promoting road safety. This month, we will hear from Kristin Rosenthal, Program Manager, Safe Kids Worldwide.

October 2, 2014

“They don’t have as many wrecks around here anymore,” according to Treadwell Elementary School student Tarvaris Smith, age 9. “It’s a lot safer for all the kids.”That’s how most of Tarvaris’ classmates feel after all the recent improvements designed to make their walk to school safer.